Gaudreau led all BC players with three goals and one assist in two games and earned
Hockey East Playoff MVP honors. Gaudreau became the fifth
freshman to garner MVP honors and the fourth Eagles' freshman
to accomplish the feat. He finished the weekend with 11 shots on goal and
+2 plus/minus rating.

Gaudreau led all BC players with three goals and one assist in two games;
earned Hockey East Playoff MVP honors.

HEA CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

#35 PARKER MILNER, BOSTON COLLEGE(Junior Goaltender; Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Milner stopped 68-of-71 shots (.958 save%) faced in leading the Eagles to their third
straight league tournament title with victories over Providence on Friday and Maine in the
Hockey East Championship Game on Saturday. Earned All-Hockey East Tournament accolades.

HEA CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

#27 WILL O'NEILL, MAINE(Senior Defenseman; Salem, Mass.)

O'Neill had two goals and an assist with six shots on goal in Maine's 5-3 win over Boston
University on Friday night at TD Garden and was named to the Hockey East All-Tournament
Team for his efforts.

HOCKEY EAST TEAM OF THE WEEK

BOSTON COLLEGE EAGLES

The Eagles became the first team in the league to win three Hockey East Tournament
Championships in a row. BC downed Providence, 4-2, on Friday night in the semifinals
at the TD Garden and won their third consecutive league tournament championship on
Saturday vs. Maine, 4-1.

Athletic Republic Player of the Week Johnny Gaudreau of Boston College

ARMY ROTC THREE STARS AWARD

At the conclusion of each Hockey East game, the " Army ROTC Three Stars of The Game" are selected. Congratulation to BU's Kieran Millan for winning this year's award. Millan finished the season as the No. 1 star of the game three times and was named a Star of the Game on 12 occasions. Here were the 2011-2012 season leaders:

Rk.

Name

Cl.

Pos.

School

1.

Kieran Millan

Sr.

G

BU

2

Joe Cannata

Sr.

G

MC

Chris Kreider

Jr.

F

BC

Wade Megan

Jr.

F

BU

5.

Joey Diamond

Jr.

F

ME

6.

Doug Carr

So.

G

UML

Scott Wilson

Fr.

F

UML

HOCKEY EAST WEEKLY TOP PERFORMERS

Derek Army, PC (So., F, North Kingstown, R.I.) Posted one goal and one assist in the semifinals against BC on Friday.

Alex Chiasson, BU (Jr., F, St. Augustin, Que.) Opened the scoring against Maine with his 15th goal of the season to set a new career high. Was
named to the Hockey East All-tournament Team for his efforts.

Adam Clendening, BU (So., D, Wheatfield, N.Y.) Earned a pair of assists on Friday in the Hockey East semifinals against Maine.

Joey Diamond (Jr., F, Long Beach, N.Y.) had two on Friday night against Boston University… Assisted on Maine's lone goal on Saturday night against
Boston College.

Brian Dumoulin, BC (Jr., D, Biddeford, Maine) Led all BC players with a +3 rating in two league tournament wins; earned All-Hockey East Tournament
honors.

Matt Nieto, BU (So., F, Long Beach, Calif.) Recorded his first two-goal game as a Terrier in the Hockey East semifinals against Maine.

Evan Rodrigues, BU (Fr., F, Etobicoke, Ont.) Assisted on a pair of goals in the Terriers' loss to Maine in the Hockey East semifinals.

CAREER FIRSTS/MILESTONES/WHO's HOT

Norm Bazin, UMASS-LOWELL
Became the third coach in UMass Lowell history to
earn Coach of the Year honors and the first since Bruce
Crowder in 1996

ALEX BEAUDRY, PC (CUMBERLAND, ONT.)
Set the PC record for career games played by a goalie
(117)

BOSTON COLLEGE SPECIAL TEAMS
Converted once on the power-play in each win over the weekend has scored
a man-advantage tally in 15-of-the-last 17 games. The
Eagles are 15-for-50 in the power play during the team's
15-game win streak (30.0 percent). The team's penalty
kill went 7-for-7 over the weekend and is 51-for-57 on the
PK (89.5 percent) in the last 15 games (all wins)

Joey Diamond, MAINE (Long Beach, N.Y.)
Played in his 100th career game on Friday night vs.
BU

Johnny Gaudreau, BC (CARNEYS POINT, N.J.)
Has a team-high 22 points (11g,11a) in the last 15
games

BARRETT KAIB (PITTSBURGH, PA.)
Scored his first collegiate goal in the semifinals against
BC on Friday

UMass Lowell RIVER HAWKS
Earned its first NCAA Tournament berth since 1996

Scott Wilson, UML (OAKVILLE, ONT.)
Is the fourth River Hawk to win the Rookie of the Year
award and the first since Peter Vetri in 2005

TEAM NOTES

Boston College: The Eagles are making this 31st
NCAA Tournament appearance, including their 13th under
coach Jerry York. Snooks Kelley and Len Ceglarski each
led BC to nine NCAA Tournament berths…Boston College
became the first team to win three consecutive Hockey East
championships. The Eagles also established a new Hockey
East record for consecutive wins in tournament play with 12,
breaking their old mark of 11 set from 1998 to 2000…This
is the Eagles' 11th Hockey East title overall, their 5th title
in the last six years. Paul Carey tallied three points (1g,2a)
in two Hockey East wins. last six years and their 6th in the
last eight years. They are now 11-5 all-time in the championship
game, 6-1 in their last seven appearances dating
back to 2005 … BC improved to 50-11-1 in Hockey East
Tournament competition under Jerry York…Junior forward
Steven Whitney scored his 13th goal this season, equaling
his two-year combined goal-scoring output entering this
season. Freshman Johnny Gaudreau is the fifth freshman
to win the Tournament MVP Award. Four of the five have
come from BC (Brian Leetch-1987, Scott Lagrand-1990,
Chuck Kobasew-2001)

Boston University: The Terriers will be making their
32nd NCAA appearance - a total that trails only Michigan (35)
and BU's first-round opponent, Minnesota (33)...Head coach
Jack Parker will be bringing the Terriers to the NCAAs for the
24th time, extending his record for NCAA appearances by
a hockey coach...The Terriers and Gophers will be meeting
for the first time since the teams closed Walter Brown Arena
and opened Agganis Arena on Jan. 2 & 3, 2005...The Xcel
Center will be the 12th different rink that BU and Minnesota
have faced off at...Seniors Chris Connolly (Duluth, Minn.)
and Kieran Millan (Edmonton, Alta.) are the only current BU
players who have played in an NCAA game...Millan broke
the Hockey East tournament records for saves in a single
game (68) and saves in an entire tournament (189)...This
is the furthest west the Terriers have ever been placed for
an NCAA Regional...BU boasts four of the top 20 players
in the nation in assists per game...Junior Alex Chiasson
has 29 assists this season which is the most by a BU right
winger since Tony Amonte recorded 37 during the 1990-91
season...BU is 18-2-1 this season when sophomore Sahir Gill
(Terrace, B.C.) scores a point...Over the last eight seasons,
BU defensemen have been represented on the Hockey East
All-Star Teams a combined 11 times (8 First Team, 3 Second
Team) with at least one named in all eight years.

Maine: Maine split a pair of games on the weekend, defeating
Boston University 5-3 in the Hockey East semifinals,
before falling to Boston College 4-1 in the title game…Senior
Will O'Neill and Joey Diamond each were named to
the Hockey East All-Tournament Team…Both were also
Hockey East All-Tournament selections in 2010… Maine is
6-0-0 all-time against Boston University in the Hockey East
semifinals. O'Neill, who came into the weekend with just one
goal on the season, scored two goals on Friday night against
Boston University…Maine scored a season-high four power
play goals on Friday when they went 4-for-6 with the manadvantage…
It was the first time that the Black Bears have
scored four power play goals in a game since tallying four
against Merrimack on Feb. 26, 2011… Spencer Abbott was
named the 2012 Athletic Republic Hockey East Player of the
Year… He becomes the fifth Black Bears to win the award,
and the first since Chris Imes in 1995…Also on Thursday
Abbott was named one of 10 finalists for the 2012 Hobey
Baker Award…It is the third straight season with a finalist
as Gustav Nyquist was in the Hobey Baker Top-10 in each of
the past two seasons…Dan Sullivan (York, Pa.) has played in
35 games this season. That ranks fourth on Maine's single
season games played list…Maine was selected to play in the
Worcester Regional…The Black Bears will face defending
national champion Minnesota-Duluth…Also in the regional
field are #1 Boston College and Air Force.

UMass-Lowell: Despite staying idle this weekend,
UMass Lowell earned its first NCAA Tournament bid since
1996. The River Hawks landed a three-seed in the East
Regional at Bridgeport, CN, where they will face secondseeded
Miami on Friday at 6:30 PM. UMass Lowell also
received several honors on Thursday at the annual Hockey
East Championship banquet. The River Hawks' Norm Bazin
was named the Bob Kullen Coach of the Year and Scott
Wilson was tabbed as the Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Year.
Bazin became the third coach in program history to win the
award, joining Billy Riley (1987) and Bruce Crowder (1994,
1996). Wilson is just the fourth UMass Lowell player to be
named the Rookie of the Year, joining Greg Bullock (1994),
Greg Koehler (1997) and Peter Vetri (2005). Bazin will lead
UMass Lowell into its fourth Division I NCAA Tournament in
program history. As a player, Bazin was a key member of the
River Hawks' 1994 NCAA Tournament team that defeated
Michigan State in the first round, 4-3, before falling to Minnesota
in double overtime, 2-1. UMass Lowell has made
trips to the Division I NCAA Tournament in 1988, 1994 and
1996, posting a 2-3-1 record in six games. In their last
two appearances, the River Hawks have been matched up
against fellow 2012 East Region participant Michigan State
in the first round and have defeated the two-time NCAA
Champions on both occasions.

Providence College: Providence completed its season
with a 4-2 loss against Boston College on Friday, March
16 in the semifinals of the Hockey East Tournament…For
the Friars, who were the first No. 7 seed to win a Hockey
East Quarterfinal series, it marked their first semifinal appearance
since 2001…The matchup also marked only the
second between the two teams in the semifinals… Providence
finished the season with 14 victories, the most since
the 2007-08 team also had 14 wins…The Friars played 18
games against ranked opponents this season, including
three versus No. 1 ranked squads…PC finished with seven
wins against ranked teams, including five against top-10
teams…Alex Beaudry finished his career at Providence
with a school record 3,158 career saves and 117 games
played…PC's freshman class accounted 34 of the team's
94 goals this season (36.2 %)…Freshman Ross Mauermann
became the first PC rookie to lead the team in points since
Matt Bergland did it during the 2008-09 season. Mauerman
also became the first Friar named to the Hockey East All-
Rookie Team since 2007.

HOCKEY EAST IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT: BC becomes
the 14th team to win both the regular-season and
league tournament championship and of those teams, nine
have made the Frozen Four with seven advancing to the title
game and four having won the NCAA Championship. With
the four entries into the tournament, Hockey East has now
placed 88 teams into the NCAA Tournament in the 28-year
history of the league. League teams own an impressive 113-
94-1 record in the NCAA's all-time. It also marks the ninth
time the league has sent four or more teams to the NCAA
Tournament. Over the last fourteen seasons, Hockey East
has boasted 21 of the 52 Frozen Four qualifiers, the most
of any conference. Hockey East has had a team in the NCAA
Championship Game in five of the last six years.